Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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2	2	By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2803
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the inclusion of an understanding of communist regimes,
10	10	ideologies and history and their connection to DEI (Diversity,
11	11	Equity and Inclusion) and anti-racist initiatives in the essential
12	12	knowledge and skills for the social studies curriculum for public
13	13	school students.
14	14	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	15	SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
16	16	adding Subsections (h-13) to read as follows:
17	17	Subsections h-11 an h-12 shall include the following curriculum of
18	18	the history of communism in the United States and domestic
19	19	communist movements, including their histories and tactics and the
20	20	Neo-Marxist roots of Critical Race Theory and the discriminatory
21	21	concepts known as "diversity, equity, and inclusion."; and
22	22	Discuss the transformation of Marxism into Critical Theory with
23	23	students able to discuss topics including but not limited to:
24	24	(1) the central ideas of philosophers Antonio Gramsci and Herbert
25	25	Marcuse;
26	26	(2) the rise and nature of Cultural Marxism;
27	27	(3) the rise and nature of Critical Theory; and
28	28	(4) the similarities and differences between classical Marxism
29	29	and neo-Marxist Critical Theory.
30	30	Students are to analyze key developments in neo-Marxist
31	31	philosophies and movements in contemporary America.
32	32	Students are to discuss the philosophy of Critical Race Theory and
33	33	its consequences including but not limited to:
34	34	(1) the origins of Critical Race Theory in Communist Party
35	35	influence operations;
36	36	(2) the key ideas of Critical Race Theory and their social
37	37	effects;
38	38	(3) the key ideas of Intersectionality and its neo-Marxist framing
39	39	in "oppression"; and
40	40	(4) the key ideas of Paulo Freire's "pedagogy of the oppressed"
41	41	and its neo-Marxist framing in "oppression."
42	42	Students are to Discuss fallacies of "Diversity, Equity, and
43	43	Inclusion" and so-called "Anti-Racist" initiatives, and their
44	44	consequences including but not limited to:
45	45	(1) the ideology and neo-Marxist roots of "Diversity, Equity, and
46	46	Inclusion" (DEI) and so-called "Anti-Racist" initiatives;
47	47	(2) the "Great Awoke-ning" in the United States and the
48	48	consequences of DEI initiatives;
49	49	(3) rival conceptions of human flourishing promoted by
50	50	intellectuals such as Daryl Davis, John McWhorter, and Tabia Lee;
51	51	and
52	52	(4) the effects of identity politics on traditional American
53	53	ideals of liberty, republican self-government, civic virtue, and
54	54	individual merit.
55	55	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027
56	56	school year.
57	57	SECTION 3. Not later than June 1, 2026, the State Board of
58	58	Education shall review and revise, as needed, the essential
59	59	knowledge and skills of the social studies curriculum as required
60	60	by Section 28.002(h-11), Education Code, as added by this Act.
61	61	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
62	62	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
63	63	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
64	64	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
65	65	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.